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Re: Why would the VB6 exe not show up in the task bar

2010-01-08T05:57:35Z

Hmm, actually I do have a Sub Main. And if certain conditions are
met the program does some processing, including reading the command
line and exits without displaying any forms. Assuming no errors of
course.
If other conditions are met then a form is displayed and other forms
can be displayed and so forth.

Re: Why would the VB6 exe not show up in the task bar

2010-01-08T04:18:02Z

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:35:19 -0700, "Tony Toews [MVP]"
It will not show if the startup object is a module with a Sub Main in
it.
To be visible, the startup object has to be a form.
And the ShowInTaskBar has to be set a t TRUE, of course.
Anyway, that's just what happened to me. To fix it, I had to rewrite a

Re: Question about insatlling VB5 Pro

2010-01-08T04:07:20Z

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:07:16 -0800, John Carter <m...@mymailsvr.org>
wrote:
Unless it's a patch (just a recompiled exe that you drop over the
existing application, I usually recompile in full and do a complete
reinstall.
My rule is this: I always compile on the oldest system that is still
supported by any client. In this case, i have a Win98 machine that has

How to deploy my ActiveX DLL?

2010-01-08T04:01:51Z

Hi all!
Can I deploy my ActiveX DLL in the same folder the EXE is located? Or
will I need to register it? I'm not sure how VB6 resolves references.
Also, if I update my DLL: can I deploy it by just replacing the DLL?
Below the methods/strategy I used after a lot of reading.
I'm creating an ActiveX DLL with many functions that I wrote that seem

Re: Just ranting about sub-contractors......

2010-01-08T03:47:00Z

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LOL

Re: Just ranting about sub-contractors......

2010-01-08T03:36:17Z

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:04:04 -0500, "mayayana" <mayaXXy...@rcXXn.com>
wrote:
Hmmm...stil better than what I did witness.
When i started programming in my stage in VB6, the other guy on the
stage used to name his variables m,n,g etc. and keep the default names
for controls.
Upon being told it would make debugging easier to name varaibles, he

Re: Why would the VB6 exe not show up in the task bar

2010-01-08T02:45:12Z

Tony Toews [MVP] formulated on Thursday :
Yeah, he has a way, alright... :-)

Re: Trouble adding "after" to Collection

2010-01-08T02:44:51Z

I don't think I've ever seen you use the term OMG!!!
Cool. <g>

Re: Why would the VB6 exe not show up in the task bar

2010-01-08T01:40:36Z

Awesome. That nicely explains the other comments in this thread.
And I didn't realize that Bob O'Bob had a website. <a minute later>
Darn, I wish he had more articles.
Tony

Re: Class Confusion

2010-01-08T01:19:06Z

In case you cannot get it to work in "the API-way"
(redirection over a *.bas-Module-Callback) - why not
just add a classprivate (WithEvents) Timer into your
"Worker-Class" in question?
At Class-Level:
Private WithEvents MyTimer As cTimer
In Class-Initialize (or where-ever) just ensure, that
you instantiate the classinternal Timer-Object (also

Re: Dynamic Context Menu

2010-01-08T01:26:59Z

Thanks Mayayana, It's good to know that such references exist. I have
started to study the Windows shell details, and the info for VB is quite
scarce. That seems like a good book to learn about it, as I would also
like to add a new page tab for the files' property pages. -Nando
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Re: Dynamic Context Menu

2010-01-08T01:17:02Z

Thanks Nobody, I'm studying the file and shell standards. I have not
finished my project yet, but I'm learning a lot! -Nando
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Re: Why would the VB6 exe not show up in the task bar

2010-01-07T22:28:29Z

Tony Toews [MVP] submitted this idea :
Extra credit reading: [link] :-)

Re: Class Confusion

2010-01-07T22:25:23Z

Ralph wrote :
I just pass a ObjPtr to the class instance as the "userdata" in the
SetTimer call. The callback can than reconstitute the object with
ease. In fact, if you declare the callback appropriately, it's truly
automatic.
In the class:
' Pass pointer to Me so we can return event to this instance.

Re: Trouble adding "after" to Collection

2010-01-07T21:58:22Z

OMG!!! You SERIOUSLY need to limit that! A million+ items in a collection
(or any kind of list) is absolutely ludicrous.